Volume 2 Clouds Chapter 39 A Familiar Name
Luo Youdu escorted Dou Yujun and his six sons out of the mansion and asked Hu Bo to keep the house deed.
The title deed was half-sold and half-given away, bought at the original price.
That is, you accept favors from others and don't let others gossip about you.
Then he said goodbye and rode back to Kaifeng Prefecture on horseback.
There were people on duty in Kaifeng Prefecture, and Luo Youdu directly asked the staff to call the prosecutor Gao Ze.
"Mr. Luo!"
Gao Ze was having dinner at home. When he learned that Luo Youdu had summoned him, he rushed over in a hurry.
Luo Youdu asked pointedly, "Do you know Dou Yujun?"
Gao Ze said: "As for Dou Shilang, I have had several contacts with him."
Luo Youdu asked again: "What do you think of him as a person?"
Gao Ze smiled and said, "He opened many free schools, providing free food and clothing to people and teaching them to read. But what's the point of reading in this world? Not many people are really willing to learn, but there are many who just want to eat and drink for free. Some people say he is stupid, but he says it's good if he can learn a few words from the saints. His subordinates don't like him very much, but they respect what he does."
Luo Youdu nodded and said, "Go check Dou Yujun's recent relationships and see if there's anyone special. Especially those with the surname Kong..."
Gao Ze didn't ask the reason and just took the order.
Luo Youdu rubbed his hands, looked at the pen holder on the table, and fell into deep thought.
Luo Youdu still has some good feelings towards Dou Yujun.
From his words and deeds, we can tell that he is indeed a gentleman and an idealist who can give everything for the justice in his heart.
Just as Gao Ze said, you may not like this kind of person, but you must respect him.
Of course, what made him so confident in Dou Yujun's character was Feng Dao's words: "Dou Shilang of Yanshan has a righteous way of educating his children. One old Lingchun tree, five fragrant osmanthus branches!"
The fact that Dou Yujun was praised by Feng Dao shows that he had excellent character.
If he really was a hypocrite, even if he was like Yue Buqun, Luo Youdu didn't believe he could hide from the eyes of Feng Dao, who was as sharp as a demon.
But Dou Yujun's arrival was too abrupt, and he probably had other reasons.
People like Dou Yujun are too easily misled and deceived.
Dou Yujun might not have meant it, but Luo Youdu didn't believe that the person who bewitched him was as upright as he was.
Indeed, the rule of military men has almost brought the world back to the darkness of the Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties, with a group of bloodthirsty and brutal men treating human lives as worthless and killing at will.
But how much better would it be if intellectuals were really in power?
The Song Dynasty mindlessly promoted civil officials and suppressed military generals, and the scholar-officials became so arrogant.
The Song Dynasty was rich but its prosperity lasted only a short period of time; peasant uprisings never ceased.
If all the wealth flows into the hands of the literati, how can ordinary people live a good life?
Luo Youdu's deepest admiration was the civil-military system of the early Tang Dynasty, which had no strict dividing line. The highest standard for a military officer was to become a general or a prime minister, while the literati were not rigid and martial arts were the norm. They all wanted to devote themselves to the frontier and build their careers.
Now Guo Rong's handling is quite appropriate.
To suppress the military with culture does not mean to bully the military with culture.
If you don't suppress the current military generals, Guo Rong will not be able to sit firmly on the throne of emperor.
But if it really came to the point where he used his literary talent to bully his military power, Guo Rong’s throne as emperor would still be unstable.
The warriors in the temple were forced into a desperate situation, and everyone of them had a knife in their hands.
For some reason, whether it was Prime Minister Wang Pu, Fan Zhi, Li Gu, Wang Pu, or Luo Youdu, they all stuck to the bottom line and did not push their limits further.
Li Chongjin also cooperated to restrain his subordinates, forming a delicate balance.
This balance between civil and military affairs was very beneficial to the Zhou Dynasty's efforts to unify the world, but if this balance was broken, it would intensify conflicts between the two sides.
Luo Youdu would never believe that there was no other intention in pushing himself to the position of leader of the Shilin community at this sensitive time.
After sorting out his thoughts, Luo Youdu returned home to have dinner and rest.
Early the next morning, Luo Youdu first reported to Kaifeng Prefecture, and then rushed to the Ministry of Personnel.
Luo Youdu is now Guo Rong's favorite, and now he has arrived at the Ministry of Personnel.
The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Situ Xu, personally went out of the gate of the Ministry of Personnel to greet him.
The position of the Minister of Personnel was too powerful, and the imperial court did not appoint anyone to directly hold the position. Instead, it was given to the Jiedushi who guarded the border to hold the position remotely. The Vice Minister of Personnel was the top leader of the Ministry of Personnel.
Luo Youdu stated his purpose, and Situ Xu agreed without hesitation. He personally took Luo Youdu to the Ministry of Personnel and asked the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel to hand Luo Youdu a list of some candidate officials.
Luo Youdu was shocked when he saw the stack of files in front of him.
Apart from anything else, when it comes to foresight and foresight, who can be his rival in this era?
He can dig out gold no matter how deep it is hidden in the soil.
Luo Youdu looked at the file with great enthusiasm.
Gradually, his momentum slowed down, and finally his brows were furrowed.
In this era where military men are in power, where are the famous ministers?
He knew a lot of capable generals, but did he know any capable officials?
Luo Youdu really couldn't remember.
Even prime ministers like Wang Pu, Fan Zhi and Li Gu did not leave a deep impression on Luo Youdu, let alone others.
He looked through the files of nearly a hundred people, and none of them looked familiar.
After forcing himself to be alert, Luo Youdu no longer insisted on whether they were famous officials or not. He looked through their resumes carefully to find talents that suited him.
This relaxed his mindset and allowed him to find someone familiar.
Song Qi, the one who was with that...
Kou Xiang!
Luo Youdu thought about it before he came up with the name Kou Xiang. The two of them had sent him letters and articles, and had also had dealings with each other in Wang Jixun's case.
But later on, due to heavy workload, I forgot about the two of them.
He looked at Song Qi's resume carefully. He was from Ji County, Youzhou, and was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Khitan Huihe. He entered the Central Plains with the army during the Khitan's war to destroy the Later Jin Dynasty, and later became Zhao Kuangzan's aide.
For unknown reasons, after Zhao Kuangzan defected to the Later Zhou, Song Qi left Zhao Kuangzan and registered in the Ministry of Personnel. He had never been hired.
I think it was because he, who passed the imperial examination in Khitan, was not recognized by the Central Plains.
However, judging from previous contacts, Song Qi is quite capable, and he has experience as a staff member, so he is worth considering.
He thought of taking out Song Qi's resume specifically.
"Song Qi is here, so there should be Kou Xiang as well, right?"
Luo Youdu flipped through the pages and indeed found Kou Xiang's resume.
He discovered that Kou Xiang actually held the title of number one scholar in the second year of Kaiyun in the Jin Dynasty.
This champion is different from the Jinshi. The champion is the Jinshi who passed the imperial examination and ranked first in the year. He served as a secretary to the army under the command of Wei Wang Liu Chengxun.
"Song Qi is okay, after all, he is a Khitan Jinshi, so it's not surprising that he is looked down upon. But Kou Xiang is the top scholar in the Central Plains, why didn't anyone hire him?"
do not care!
Luo Youdu was too lazy to think too much and took out the resumes of the two people.
Then they selected a few more people with relatively good resumes and asked the Ministry of Personnel to notify them to come to Kaifeng Prefecture for an interview the next day, thus ending their trip to the Ministry of Personnel.
